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Commonwealth Research CenterPrevention and Recovery in Early Psychosis: The PREP Program at the Massachusetts Mental Health CenterPREP is a program of expert diagnostic evaluation and comprehensive, developmentally attuned treatment for older adolescents or young adults who are grappling with the early stages of psychotic illness. PREP is sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health. The program is a joint venture of the Outpatient Department at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center and the Commonwealth Research Center, affiliated with Harvard Medical School and also housed at MMHC. PREP has as its mission the earlier detection, earlier diagnosis, and earlier treatment of psychotic illnesses, with the aim of better life-long outcome for patients and their families. Accurate diagnosis is the starting point for appropriate care. PREP therefore provides a highly specialized diagnostic service available to young people who for the first time are beginning to have psychotic symptoms, such as perceptual changes, delusional ideas, hallucinations, or disorganized thinking. By providing both patients and families with earlier and more certain diagnosis, state-of-the-art treatment, and comprehensive support, PREP seeks to prevent a single episode of psychosis from evolving into a chronic, debilitating course of illness. PREP focuses on maintaining a young person’s
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All interventions are aimed at helping young people and their families to get interrupted lives back on track. Fees for PREP are set on a sliding scale. The program is open to all Massachusetts residents and their families regardless of economic means. Although health insurance may be billed if there is coverage, treatment does not depend on the judgments of insurers.
PREP does not require anyone to take part in research. Opportunities to participate in protocols at the Commonwealth Research Center may occur, but the decision to become a subject in a study must be entirely voluntary.
Who is eligible? The PREP program is open to any citizen of the Commonwealth between age 18 and 30 who is experiencing an early episode of psychotic illness. (Seventeen year-olds and individuals over thirty are encouraged to apply for special consideration.) Clinical Director: Brina Caplan, Ph.D., Ed.D. Phone: (617) 626-9635 Fax: (617) 983-3035 Email: [email protected]
Suzanna V. Zimmet, M.D. Phone: (617) 626-9631 Email: [email protected]
Thomas Monteleone, LICSW Phone: (617) 626-9559 Email: [email protected] Intake/Information: (617) 626-9559
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